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Camp Security day 3: Spanish coin found

This Spanish coin was found Aug. 24 at the Camp Security dig site. (Submitted)

Archaeologist Steve Warfel said a Spanish silver coin was found at the dig site this morning.

"The Spanish silver coin is the most common currency during the Colonial period," Warfel said. "It's very neat to see that because, again, it tells us we're at a spot where people were at the time of the Revolutionary period."

Warfel said numerous other metal objects, like nails, have been found, but they are not items from the Colonial period.

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Camp Security dig

Monday marked the start of a month-long exploration on a nearly 4-acre area off Locust Grove Road. Archaeologist Steve Warfel, field assistant Amanda Snyder and the volunteers are looking for any element of Camp Security or Camp Indulgence, which were prisoner of war camps during the Revolutionary War. What will they find? Day 1: The first day's search found nothing from that time period. From the left, a brass button with star-like design that was common in the Revolutionary War ...

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